Michael Savastano is a financial advisor with Eagle Strategies (New York Life) based in Andover, MA. He holds Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and has 35 years of industry experience. He also operates Savastano Insurance and Financial Services, a DBA used to offer New York Life and other insurance and investment products. Eagle Strategies serves individual and institutional clients by providing financial planning, investment management, and retirement-plan advisory services. The firm delivers tailored advice through various program types and maintains predominantly non-discretionary assets under management, working within the New York Life affiliate structure.

Staci Fall is a financial advisor at Equity Services, Inc. with 26 years of industry experience. She holds Series 65, Series 63, and Series 66 designations. Her prior experience includes roles at Santander Securities, LLC, Santander Bank, NA, and Commonwealth Financial Network. Outside of her advisory work, she serves as attorney-in-fact under a durable power of attorney for a family member. Equity Services, Inc., operating as ESI Financial Advisors, provides financial planning, consulting, and asset management services to individuals, corporations, trusts, estates, charitable organizations, and retirement plans. The firm employs multiple advisory platforms, often utilizing third-party asset managers and model portfolios, and combines long-term investment strategies with options for shorter-term trading.

Thomas Craig Jr. is a financial advisor with Commonwealth Financial Network based in Wilmington, MA, holding a Series 63 designation and bringing 16 years of industry experience. He has worked at H.D. Vest Investment Securities, Inc. since 2001 and has been affiliated with Daneault Associates, Inc. since 1991. Outside of advisory work, he is involved with Rodman and Rodman, a CPA firm, where he works as an accountant. Commonwealth Financial Network serves a national network of approximately 2,950 advisors and their clients, offering a range of advisory programs and back-office support. The firm provides discretionary model portfolios and various customized investment solutions while supporting advisors with operations, technology, compliance, and practice management.

Daniel Lahiff Jr. is a financial advisor with Commonwealth Financial Network, holding a Series 66 designation and 10 years of industry experience. He has worked at Commonwealth since 2015 and was previously associated with Axial Benefits Group. His other business activities include fixed insurance sales. Commonwealth Financial Network is a registered investment adviser serving a national network of approximately 2,950 advisors and their retail and institutional clients. The firm offers a range of advisory programs and services, including discretionary model portfolios and personalized investment solutions, while providing operational and compliance support to affiliated advisors.

Afsana Jahan is a financial advisor at Focus Partners Wealth, LLC with six years of industry experience. She holds Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and has worked at firms including Foreside Fund Services, Balanced Rock Investment Advisors, and Boston Impact Initiative. Jahan serves as an Investment Committee and Advisory Board Member for Envest Microfinance Cooperative, an impact investment fund manager providing financing to microfinance institutions in developing countries. Focus Partners Wealth serves a diverse client base, including individual, high-net-worth, family office, corporate, retirement plan, and institutional clients. The firm offers a comprehensive range of services and employs a long-term, tax- and fee-sensitive investment approach that combines fundamental and quantitative analysis with external managers and a broad array of investment options.

Eric Hanson is a financial advisor with Commonwealth Financial Network in Andover, MA, holding a Series 63 designation and bringing 33 years of industry experience. He has been with Commonwealth since 2008 and has operated The Hanson Group since 2007. Hanson serves as co-trustee of a non-Commonwealth client life insurance trust. Commonwealth Financial Network is a registered investment adviser supporting a national network of approximately 2,950 advisors and their clients. The firm offers a variety of advisory programs and services, providing operations, trading, technology, compliance, and practice-management support while allowing advisors discretion in portfolio construction.

Richard Pignone is a financial advisor with Steward Partners Investment Advisory, LLC, holding Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and bringing 31 years of industry experience. His career includes roles at Steward Partners Investment Solutions, Raymond James Financial Services Advisors, and Steward Partners Global Advisory. Steward Partners Investment Advisory, LLC is an SEC-registered enterprise-scale RIA managing approximately $36.7 billion in regulatory assets. The firm serves individuals, including high-net-worth clients, pension and profit-sharing plans, corporations, trusts, and charitable organizations, offering a range of investment advisory, financial planning, pension consulting, and managed account programs.

Rachael Macedo is a financial advisor at Commonwealth Financial Network with six years of industry experience. She has worked at Caras & Shulman PC and PwC since 2012 and 2011, respectively. Commonwealth Financial Network is a registered investment adviser serving a national network of approximately 2,950 advisors and their retail and institutional clients. The firm provides a range of advisory programs and operational support, including wealth management and retirement plan consulting, while allowing advisors discretion in portfolio construction supported by its Investment Management and Research team.

Benjamin Duchano is a financial advisor at Hightower Advisors with six years of industry experience. He holds Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and previously worked at The Colony Group, LLC, Citizens Securities, and Citizens Bank. Hightower Advisors provides investment advisory and planning services to a diverse range of individual and institutional clients. The firm focuses on manager selection and multi-manager solutions, utilizing both affiliated and third-party managers, and offers services that include discretionary and non-discretionary portfolio management, financial planning, and retirement plan consulting.

Joseph Waters Jr. is a CFP® with 13 years of industry experience, currently serving as a financial advisor at Savant Wealth Management since 2026. Prior to joining Savant, he worked for Heritage Financial Services, LLC for 13 years. Savant Wealth Management provides comprehensive wealth management, portfolio management, financial planning, retirement plan consulting, and family office services to individuals, families, pension and profit-sharing plans, charitable organizations, corporations, and high-net-worth clients. The firm combines evidence-based, model-driven asset allocation with actively managed strategies and sub-advised mandates, supported by affiliated accounting, legal, and trust services.

Daniel Cotton is a financial advisor with Wealth Enhancement Advisory Services, LLC, holding Series 63 and Series 65 credentials and bringing 35 years of industry experience. His prior firms include LPL Financial, Triad Advisors, and Pinnacle Private Wealth. Wealth Enhancement Advisory Services, LLC is an SEC-registered enterprise advisory firm serving a diverse client base including individuals, trusts, charitable organizations, corporations, and retirement plans. The firm employs a strategic investment approach combining passive and active managers, guided by an internal Investment Committee, and offers a range of financial planning, asset management, and specialized retirement consulting services.

Matthew Staples is a financial advisor at Citizens Securities, Inc. in Salem, NH, holding the Series 66 designation with 13 years of industry experience. Prior to his current tenure at Citizens Securities, he worked for Best Buy Corporation for 11 years. Citizens Securities serves a broad retail client base, including individual and high-net-worth investors and individual retirement plans, offering investment advisory programs alongside brokerage and insurance services. The firm’s advisory offerings include a digital advisory program and a Managed Account program, and it operates as a broker-dealer and insurance agency.

Philip Proulx is a financial advisor with Money Concepts Capital Corp in North Chelmsford, MA, holding Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and bringing 14 years of industry experience. He has been associated with Money Concepts Capital Corp since 2011 and owns Proulx Family Financial, a tax preparation and bookkeeping business. Outside of his advisory role, he is involved with CodyQ, LLC, a consulting services firm. Money Concepts Advisory Service provides portfolio management, financial planning, and consulting to individuals, pension and profit-sharing plans, trusts, charitable organizations, and corporations. The firm employs a variety of managed programs and combines fundamental and technical analysis with modern portfolio theory in its investment approach.

James Monahan is a CFP® professional with 11 years of industry experience, currently affiliated with Commonwealth Financial Network. He has held roles at Granite Ginkgo Financial Planning, LLC, Financial Strategies Retirement Partners, and Acorn Financial. Monahan is based in Nashua, NH. Commonwealth Financial Network is a registered investment adviser supporting a national network of approximately 2,950 advisors. The firm offers a variety of advisory programs and services, including discretionary model portfolios and customized investment solutions, while providing operational, trading, compliance, and practice-management support to its affiliated advisors.

Christopher Wakeman is a financial advisor with Commonwealth Financial Network and Lignum Wealth Management, holding a Series 66 credential and 22 years of industry experience. He has been with both firms since 2013. Outside of his advisory work, he serves as a member of the Boxford Town Finance Committee, where he participates in reviewing and approving the town budget. Commonwealth Financial Network is a registered investment adviser that supports a national network of approximately 2,950 advisors, offering a range of advisory programs, wealth management, and retirement plan consulting. The firm provides operational, trading, technology, investment management, compliance, and practice-management support while allowing advisors discretion in portfolio construction.

Connor Townsend is a financial advisor with Eagle Strategies (NY Life) in Andover, MA, holding Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and eight years of industry experience. He has worked at Third3rd Financial Partners LLC, Blueprint Financial Partners, LLC, and Fairway Group LLC, alongside his ongoing roles at Eagle Strategies, NYLIFE Securities LLC, and New York Life Insurance Company. Townsend also operates Blueprint Financial Partners, LLC, focusing on brokering non-registered insurance products. Eagle Strategies serves a diverse client base including individuals, institutional investors, and retirement plans, offering financial planning, investment management, and retirement-plan advisory services. The firm emphasizes tailored advice delivered through various program types and manages the majority of its assets on a non-discretionary basis within an integrated New York Life affiliate structure.

Gene Noel is a financial advisor at Empower Advisory Group with 24 years of industry experience. He holds Series 63 and Series 66 credentials. His prior roles include positions at Merrill and Fidelity, where he worked from 2004 to 2023. Empower Advisory Group provides financial planning and investment management primarily to employer-sponsored retirement plan sponsors and participants, as well as Empower Premier IRA and retail brokerage clients. The firm’s approach integrates financial planning with proprietary and third-party methodologies focused on long-term portfolio returns and annual rebalancing, delivered alongside Empower’s recordkeeping and administrative platforms.

John Olson is a CFP®-credentialed financial advisor with Commonwealth Financial Network, based in Andover, MA, bringing 50 years of industry experience. He has been with Commonwealth and Olson Financial Group since 1994. Outside of his advisory role, Olson has been involved in fixed insurance sales since 1982. Commonwealth Financial Network serves a national network of approximately 2,950 advisors and their clients, providing a range of advisory programs, wealth management, and retirement plan consulting. The firm supports affiliated advisors with operations, technology, investment management, and compliance, while offering multiple program structures including discretionary model portfolios and personalized indexing options.

Gail Sullivan is a financial advisor at Focus Partners Wealth, LLC with 15 years of industry experience. She holds a Series 65 designation and has worked previously at The Colony Group, LLC and Aurora Financial Advisors, LLC. Focus Partners Wealth serves a diverse client base including individual, high-net-worth, family office, corporate, retirement plan, and institutional clients. The firm employs a long-term, tax- and fee-sensitive investment approach using enhanced open architecture, integrating fundamental and quantitative analysis along with a range of investment strategies and affiliated services.

Michael Ross is a financial advisor with Hornor, Townsend & Kent, LLC, holding Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and 32 years of industry experience. He has been with Hornor, Townsend & Kent and Cornerstone Financial Group/Penn Mutual since 1993. Outside of his advisory role, Ross is a co-owner of Cornerstone Financial Group, where he is involved in life, health, disability, and long-term care insurance sales, and serves as a trustee for family member trusts. Hornor, Townsend & Kent serves individuals, trusts, businesses, charitable organizations, and retirement plans, offering advisory services primarily through third-party asset manager platforms. The firm emphasizes client-directed implementation and oversight, managing the majority of client assets on a non-discretionary basis.